What is the status of your young defensemen as they prepare for the rigors of a long season?
Babcock: Obviously, we’re excited about it. Lilypad is here, too, and he has done a real nice job, I thought, last year in the American league. He and Sandman really turned themselves into good players. What I like about both of them is that they’re really determined guys. They’re in the gym. They live right. They want to be hockey players. I think that is an important thing. You want to have D coming all the time.